During an illustrious playing career over four decades, Stu Hamilton has accomplished much and accumulated a unique competitive record. He’s the only person who captured a provincial “amateur grand slam” winning the Ontario Junior, Ontario Amateur, Ontario Mid-Amateur and Ontario Senior championships.

     R. Stewart (Stu) Hamilton was born in the bomb-scarred city of Coventry in England as the guns of the Second World War fell silent in 1945, moved with his family to Canada and eventually settled in Mississauga. In 2005, he became one of four new members inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame, in illustrious company alongside touring pro Bob Panasik and builders George (Mac) Foster and Mary-Jane Hall. His induction was a fitting recognition for a number of significant accomplishments at the provincial level and on the national stages. He has has been a true ambassador when representing Canada in international competition.

     Stu Hamilton has won 10 provincial championships and played on 18 provincial teams. He won the Ontario Junior Championship (1963), the Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship (1986), the Ontario Senior Men’s Championship (2001), the Ontario Mid-Amateur Championship (twice 1993, 1998), the Ontario Champion of Champions (1992), and the Ontario Junior Best Ball Championship (1963).

     He was also the low amateur in the 1998 Ontario Open. Competing as an amateur, he also won the 1998 Ontario Open Championship. Stu has also been successful on the national stage, winning four Canadian Mid-Amateur Championships (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994) and being the runner-up at six Canadian Men’s Amateur Championships. Twice the title race was decided in extra-hole playoffs.

Hamilton has played on a number of teams throughout his career, including 18 Ontario provincial teams, three World amateur teams and nine international teams. He has represented Ontario and Canada in such places as New Zealand (he was a winner in the 1971 New Zealand Centennial team championships), Spain, Venezuela, Australia, Peru and France.

     In 1986, when he won his first provincial men’s title, Hamilton was named Mississauga’s Male Amateur Athlete of the Year and in further recognition of an illustrious career, he was inducted into the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.